1 Kings 4:1
And king Solomon reigned over all Israel:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
In Context
2And these were the princes which he had: Azarias the son of Sadoc the priest:
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all Israel: and David did judgment and justice to all his people.
1 Kings 11:13Neither will I take away the whole kingdom, but I will give one tribe to thy son for the sake of David my servant, and Jerusalem which I have chosen.
1 Kings 12:19And Israel revolted from the house of David, unto this day.
2 Chronicles 1:13Then Solomon came from the high place of Gabaon to Jerusalem before the tabernacle of the covenant, and reigned over Israel.
Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing? and surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: m and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 4:1
An instance of the wisdom God granted to Solomon we had in the close of the foregoing chapter. In this we have an account of his wealth and prosperity, the other branch of the promise there made him. We have here, I. The magnificence of his court, his ministers of state ( ver. 1-6 ), and the purveyors of his household ( ver. 7-19 ), and their office, ver. 27, 28 . II. The provisions for his table, ver. 22, 23 . III. The extent of his dominion, ver. 21-24 . IV. The numbers, case, and peace, of his subjects, ver.… Read the whole commentary →